Regulation & policy
Regulation & policy
Royal IHC increases its guarantee facilities to EUR 430M
Royal IHC said that they have consolidated the recent years of strategic realignment during 2025 and laid the basis for further growth in its order book and revenues, and is on track towards net profitability. These improvements are reflected in the increased financing facilities available to Royal
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Dredging begins at Port of Ancona’s Berth 22
Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centrale has kicked off the dredging operations at the Port of Ancona’s Berth 22. The objective of the project, co-financed by the PNRR “Logistics Development for the Agri-food, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Forestry, Floriculture and Nursery Sectors” Nex
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Dredging projects that changed the world – New Suez Canal
One of the biggest dredging projects of the current century, the New Suez Canal was, according to experts, a titanic effort in operations, planning and production to complete within the one year deadline. Opened in 1869 after 10 years of construction, the Suez Canal was one of the greatest maritime
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ANTAQ enforces new rule on dredging operations
Brazil’s National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTAQ) decided on Thursday, January 30, that port authorities must submit detailed documents on their dredging plans every six months. According to ANTAQ officials, the aim of this rule is to ensure greater predictability for maintenance operations and th
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One week to go: 400+ exhibitors from offshore energy industry to gather in Amsterdam
The following is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of Dredging Today and organizer of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC). More than 400 exhibitors and co-exhibitors booked their spots at OEEC 2024 Businesses and organizations from across the offshore energy sector and
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Final preparations for OEEC 2024 underway
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024 (OEEC 2024) is coming up this month. Work on the event is at full steam at Navingo (the company behind OEEC and Offshore-Energy.biz brands) with final tweaks and preparations underway. The exhibition floor has been almost completely booked and visitors ar
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Lower Mississippi River study on display
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host public scoping meetings for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMR Comp) at venues throughout the study area between Feb. 27 and March 11. The purpose of the study is to identify recommendations for the comprehensive management of t
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Legal procedures that transformed marine infrastructure contracts
IADC (International Association of Dredging Companies) recently presented an article reviewing various court cases over the past 50 years and their influence on marine infrastructure contracts and the allocation of risk between contract parties. The article was published by David Kinlan of Kinlan Co
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Diane Wilson begins hunger strike to stop dredging project
Diane Wilson, an American environmental activist, began a hunger strike at the waterfront of Lavaca Bay yesterday to demand that the Biden Administration stop the dredging of the mercury-contaminated Matagorda Ship Channel. The dredging, which has not begun, would allow for the construction and oper
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DEP receives EPA approval for oversight of federal wetlands program
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced yesterday that after many years of thoughtful deliberation and preparation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted the state assumption of the 404 program (the federal permitting program to regulate the discharge
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Mediation in the dredging industry
In the recently issued Terra et Aqua magazine, IADC brought an interesting article on mediation in the dredging industry. As presented in the article, the international dredging and maritime construction industry remains quite devoid of the use of mediation as a tool for Alternative Dispute Resoluti
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FIDIC Blue Book now available in Spanish
The International Association of Dredging Companies has just announced that the Second edition of the Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works – also known as the FIDIC Blue Book – prepared by the Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) in close collaboration with the IA
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J.E. McAmis to dredge Columbia River
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has received application for 401 Water Quality Certification for dredging in Lower Columbia River. As DEQ reported, J.E. McAmis, Inc. has applied for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 404 Permit for dredging activities in the lower Columbia River. Th